Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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61. To ask the Taoiseach the total spend on external contractors, consultancy services and other outsourcing in 2018 and 2019. [46935/21]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The total expenditure on external contractors and outsourcing for my Department was €543,161.31 in 2018 and €389,863.51 in 2019. There was no expenditure on consultancy services in this period.

This expenditure is for a wide range of services including foreign travel management services; IT support providers; managed print services and cleaning services.

My Department liaises closely with the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) on all matters related to public procurement and avails of OGP framework agreements, where appropriate, when engaging external contractors. All areas of expenditure are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that value for money is being achieved.

Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total spend on external contractors, consultancy services and other outsourcing in 2018 and 2019. [46924/21]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the Deputy has clarified that she is seeking details of the total amount spent by my Department on external consultancy contracts and legal services in the years in question. 

In 2018, the total spent on external consultancy contracts in the Department was €1,112,563. The total spent on external legal services was €1,419,612.

In 2019 the total spent on external consultancy services was €902,646. The total spent on legal services was €1,679,625.